This is the debut release by Iceland's Olafur Arnalds and the first North American release for the London-based cinematic music label Erased Tapes Records. Arnalds has immersed himself completely in the world of delicate symphonic composition in a near-weightless orchestral undertaking. Mixing strings with loops, ambience, electronics and beats, Arnalds combines classical instrumentation with an ...
The Seattle quintet's follow-up to the universally acclaimed "The New Romance", and their first album since the addition of keyboardist Leona Marrs, is by far their most ambitious, multifarious, and scorching to date. Produced by Colin Stewart (Black Mountain, Destroyer), "Elan Vital" provides the band with a bigger, bolder canvas with which to weave their magic. The new material, road-tested at ...
The German-English trio Slapp Happy first performed in the early '70s when singer Dagmar Krause and musicians Peter Blegvad and Anthony Moore became associated with Faust and Henry Cow. They made some fascinating albums at the time but have rarely performed since their heyday. This reunion disc is made up of lilting pop constructs featuring Krause's elegant voice set against the quirky musical ...